Cooper Flagg vs. Jamaal Wilkes Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Wilkes and Cooper Flagg, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.
Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.
Cooper Flagg played 1 year in the NBA, 11 less than Jamaal Wilkes, who played 12. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Jamaal Wilkes had his rookie season in 1974-75. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.
Their Careers | |||
| Player | Total Seasons | Playoffs Played | NBA Years |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
| Jamaal Wilkes | 12 | 10 | 1974-75 to 1985-86 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Jamaal Wilkes | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1974-75 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Golden State Warriors |
| Honors & Awards | - |  Rookie of the Year |
| - | All-Rookie First Team | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play |  NBA Champion |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular Season Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 32.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | .308 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.000 |
| difference: | +81 | +1.3 | +4.2 | +1.5 | +3.3 | +1.8 | +2.2 | +0.3 | +0.3 | -0.3 | +2.1 | +0.8 | +.134 | +0.7 | +.266 | |||||
| Jamaal Wilkes | 82 | 30.7 | 14.2 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | - | 2.7 | 6.1 | 13.8 | .442 | - | - | - | 2.0 | 2.7 | .734 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jamaal Wilkes | 17 | 29.6 | 15.0 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | - | 3.1 | 6.5 | 14.6 | .446 | - | - | - | 1.9 | 2.8 | .702 |
Additional Years |
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* Jamaal Wilkes played 11 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 12, from 1976 to 1986—Jamaal Wilkes played in 9 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Jamaal Wilkes got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 2 All-Defensive Second Team 3 All-Star Game |